退休

退休

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to rest
trad. (退休)		退	休
simp. #(退休)		退	休

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuìxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-hiû
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thèr-hiu / thè-hiu / thòe-hiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to³ hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisiou
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: twèi-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshiou
    • Palladius: туйсю (tujsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰweɪ̯⁵¹ ɕjoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁴⁴ ɕiou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ jau¹
    • Yale: teui yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-hiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui hiu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ hi̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-hiu
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰə²¹⁻⁴² hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hiw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toea'hiw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to³ hiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thò hiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiu³³/

Verb

退休

1. to retire (stop working on a permanent basis)

Synonyms

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退役 (tuìyì) (from a sport) 退職／退职 (tuìzhí)

離休／离休 (líxiū) (of cadres and veterans)

Derived terms

退休村 (tuìxiūcūn)

退休金 (tuìxiūjīn)

References

• “Entry #6725”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.